Hello,
Sorry, first post here but guess I might be using it more.
So on Reddit, I was banned from a news sub on my main account a long time ago, and then got a push notification on my phone (one of their breaking news ones) that I clicked on and made a comment on. Well, I guess I got the push notification on my alt account that I pretty much never use, and it was from that sub I was banned from on my main account, so later in the day, both of those accounts got banned. Complete accident, did not intend to evade any ban.
I submitted an appeal, but is there any chance of that appeal working? Or am I pretty much screwed?
Reddit is so rigid about ban evasions that you could say it never forgets. Best I could suggest you already did, to make an appeal, so now all you can do is wait. But since I haven’t heard of anyone recovering theirs, I’d not hold my breath to have a solution any year soon (intentionally swapped “time” for “year”).
And while not ideal, I’d suggest using RSS-tracking bots here on the fediverse to follow subreddits (every subreddit has an RSS feed), and comment on the bot’s posts instead. Would also tackle the concern from Ani.Social’s administration of such bots having too little engagement to justify their presence now that the fediverse has a healthy active userbase.